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NATO Science Series: U #567: The Neutron Star-Black Hole Connection
by Chryssa Kouveliotou
Available from Powells Used Books
$107.50
on 10-15-2008
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ISBN Number: 9781402002052
Editor: Kouveliotou, Chryssa
Editor: Ventura, J. E.
Editor: Kouveliotou, Chryssa
Editor: Ventura, J. E.
Written by: Kouveliotou, Chryssa
Published by: Kluwer Academic Publishers
Location: Dordrecht
Subject: Astrophysics & Space Science
Subject: Astronomy, Universe
Subject: Neutron stars
Subject: Black holes
Series: NATO Science Series: U
Series Volume: 567
Date of Publication: December 2001
Cover Type: Paperback
Written in: English
Number of Pages: 516
Book Size: 921x614x110 166
The foremost observers and theorists discuss the latest developments in the astrophysics of neutron stars, black holes and their interaction in the universe. Often found in compact, interacting binaries, these objects exhibit broadly similar behaviour. The determination of observational signatures that distinguish between these two types of objects is systematically explored. Supernovae and evolutionary scenarios leading to neutron stars and black holes, single or in binaries, are also discussed in detail. There is also a discussion of the decades old mystery of cosmic gamma ray bursts, currently thought to represent enormous stellar explosions at cosmological distances. These could be the result of mergers of a neutron star and its compact binary companion: a literal neutron star-black hole connection. A lucid series of lectures for the advanced graduate student. A unifying text that will appeal to the research astrophysicist and space physicist.
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